Connection for table-legs.



No. 848,918. PATENTED AP3. '2, 1907.

J. L. & 1). Q. NEVIN,

CONNECTION FOR TABLE LEGS. APPLIGATDION FILED AUG.12,1904.

attain? UNITED STATES PATET FFKCE.

JAMES L. NEVIN AND DIOK Q. NEVIN, OF NEW VIENNA, OHIO.

CONNECTION FOR TABLE-LEGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed August 12, 1904. Serial No. 220,525.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JAMES L. N EVIN and DICK Q. NEVIN, citizens of the United States, residing at New Vienna,-in the county of Clinton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Connec tions for TableLegs of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to extension-tables, and more particularly to an improved means of conneccting the legs to said extension-table in such a manner that the said legs can be folded within the rails of the table for the purpose of transportation, packing, or moving the table from one place to another.

EXtension-tables as usually constructed have the legs connected thereto in such a manner that they cannot be folded, and when the tables are shipped it is necessary to remove the legs and crate them separately for shipment, and considerable time and labor is expended in reassembling the parts after they have reached their destination Furthermore, it frequently happens that in moving a table from one room to another through a narrow doorway it is necessary to remove the legs in order to pass the said table through the doorway. Our invention avoids all of these objections by connecting the legs to the table in such a manner that they can be quickly and easily folded when desired and as easily set up and locked when neces sar I n the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sectional view taken through a table constructed in accordance with our invention, the legs being shown set up in full lines and folded in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a partial inverted plan view, one of the legs being shown folded and the other in an upright position. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views illustrating the hinged connection and the locking-clamp. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the plate to which the depending hook is pivoted. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of said hook. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the bearingplate. Fig. 8 is a detail perspective view of the eccentric lever.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates the top of the table, B the side rails, C the fixed extension-slides, and D the movable extension-slides which are connected to the l central cross-piece E, all of said parts being constructed and arranged in the usual or any approved manner.

Transversely arranged upon the slides C, adjacent the side rails of the table and connected to said slides C and also to the block C, arranged adjacent the rails of the table, are the timbers F, and hinged to the inner edges of said timbers F are the strips G, which are of substantially the same dimensions as the timbers F and have the legs H rigidly connected thereto. When the strips G lie flat upon the timbers F, the legs will be held in an upright position, as most clearly shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 4, and when it is desired to fold the legs to horizontal positions they are turned inwardly, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 and full lines in Fig. 2, carrying with them the strips G, to which they are attached.

For the purpose of rigidly locking the legs in their upright positions, we employ eccentric locking-clamps, preferably one adjacent each leg, each clamp comprising a plate I, which is secured to the outer face of the timbers F and is provided with an outwardlyprojecting pivot-lug K, from which hangs the hook L, the lower end thereof being bifurcated, as shown at L, and pivotally connected to said bifurcated end is a lever M, having an eccentric head M. N indicates the bearing-plates secured to the lower face of the strip G and having a concaved face and projecting beyond the outer edge thereof and upon which the eccentric head of the lever bears when the clamp is set to bind the timbers F and strips G together. 0 indicates a stop-lug to prevent the clamping hook and lever from falling back. It will thus be seen that the legs of the table can be quickly set up and locked whenever it is desired to use the table and can be quickly and easily unlocked and folded whenever it is desired to store or transport the table.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a table having timbers secured to its under side, of strips hinged to said timbers, plates secured to the side of the timbers, having pivot-lugs projecting outwardly therefrom provided with a reduced end, hooks mounted on said reduced portion of said lugs, provided with bifurcated lower ends, stop-lugs formed on said plate and securely clamp the strip and timbers toadapted to be engaged by said hooks, beargether, for thepurpose described. ing-plates having eoncaved faces secured to JAMES L NEVIN the lower faces of said strips and projecting DICK Q NEVIN 5 out beyond the outer edge thereof, and levers provided with eccentric heads pivoted Witnesses: between the bifurcated lower end of said ALF CLARK, hooks adapted to engage the bearing-plates WM. COHN. 

